Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-13

Rdmasd Oollins; -YounR women and
she SeaRe. b. GsoEEia Caynan; @Storits
and Memories q Waskington.~ By
Seaton Donaho; "A Winter fvslighi,
hy Ulnt0n Soallara. and Aumerons other
artieles Extensive impEuvemenfs are
promised u the Brooklga Masazins IN
Ia near fntRRs.
nm CENTURY.
The csnfnvy fer February IA, &c usual,
. msat aeliRhtful maQazina. EAnh
n1mher seems 10 be an impruvemeni
npon the one preceding Il, and nene
seems 20 leavo room for Improvement IN
/ the future. The CenfmrN is the model
magazine. and Il rieAly deserves tie
sncoeD which has attsnded t. AmonQ
the articles in the February numbsr are
"A nidwinter Resort hy William Q.
Glinch; Part Of an Old Story" hy
James Lane Allen; "The Oldssf Church
/ in London. = by Norman Moore; AFAkhsE
Taylor and Orntnry,n by Wait Whit
man. and ~Reeans Discoveries az works
Of Art In Roma, hy Rudolf0 Lsanciani.
The insiallment of the life of Lincoln
1 fully sasiains the promise of the earlier
ohapsarM George w. Oabls's HOaran
Gro" ID completsd, and ths foaFth il
stallmsnt Of Frank r. Htockton's SHE
Hundredth Man. - onlivens she numhar.
The study of fhe 0eifysbuER campaign
Is csnlinned with an arficls by General
LgnGstFeet On Less Invasion Il Penn-
sylvania.n
THE AURORA BnRKAxEs.
Ths Anrona Borsalis. rev maQaxine
Of which the February issue is the Sec
end number, comes from San Francisco.
Il introduces q number Of features new
70 periodical hkerAtnre and Il, On The
whele. very eredifable production.
TIE FoRUM.
TIE Fov.sns for February snstains the
high and growing repntation Of thai
sohclArly YET popular periodical Among
the articles which Il eontalns are 'sOat-
grown City Government BY James
Parton, "fho Use and Abnss Of
Wealth." By Professor Lester r. Ward,
@How Was EdneatsA,o By Andrew d.
White; "rhe Needs Of New York HaF-
bor," By Commander H. O. Tavlor;
Faith and Physical Eoience. By w. h.
Malloek; "The Future OF the Minority =
BY Rev. George Bachelor; "Religioua
Exercise In State Schools. - by Professor
Noah 4. Davis; 'srhe Rsproacn Of Mar.
riaae," By J. Macdonald 0xlsy; "fhe
Crusade Against the Saloon.n BY Bev. A. |
J. r. Behrends; and aEvils Of Indirscs |
Taxation" By JOAN Randolph RneksF.
Lr1MEL'a LIVING A0R.
The numbsr Of TAs Lisins Aes for |
January 22d and 18th contain: TIE An. |
rora Bsrsalia, Edinbargh;. "Isoskley /
HAIL. and the Jubilee. by Mr.. Glad |
stone, NfHtssafA Century; Emin Bay,
Gordon's Lieutenant, ForfntehfiF; La /
dy DUFF Gordon, The Philosophegs wid.
OF, and A Plea for an Old Friend. TEN
pie Bar; The Letters from Charles
Lamb, and Sunderland and SohaFissa,
Nacmilliaa; Couvicts IN Parliament,
NRss; Inciaents OF Rant Collection in
Ireland, Chambers; Irish CharaotsEis-
tics, Spectator; Bouth-Italian CsuEtship.
SafnrdaF Rssisag; The CaEavansexia In |
Persia So. James,; Foreign Ministers
and Foreign Language. London 1tass;
with installments Of "A Secret Inherit |
ance,S and "Msjor and Miner" and
Poetry.
Scrsbmer's for February sustains, By
the interoet and ability Of ita articles, /
the high estimate TO which it's irst num-
ber gave rise. II opens With popularity /
written, yet scholarly article, entitled, |
The Likeness Of Julius CasaE,o By /
Mr.. John O. Ropes, we'll known from |
bis contributions 20 military history. |
The illustrations Of the article-eiQhteen |
portraits, reproductions Of photographs |
from statuea-are from the complete |
collection Of the likenesses Of Cesar |
owned By Mr.. Ropes, 10 forming which |
Mr.. Ropes has given dilieent attention |
for many years. One Of these portraits, |
engraved BY W. B. Olossen. furnishes |
the fronfispiece Of the number. -. b.. /
Of Dale,n begins an original novelette, |
called "The ResiduaFy Legalee.n 90
tave Thnnet lays the scene OF "Hslf
curse" In St. Augustine 10 var times. /
aud constructs short story that is /
strong tn the elements Of description /
and Characterization. Ex- Minister |
WashbuFne's second inssallment Of bis |
' "Reminiscences Of the Siege and Com /
name Of Paris deals with the most ex- /
citing incidents Of the siege, and In
combustion With the paper furnished 10 /
this mage gina Ia January, uill hrve |
g high historical importance. One
Of the artists who contributes 10 /
its illustration, Mr.. Thulstrup, was /
to Paris daring the siege. and |
bis drawings are from sketches and |
studies made et the time. An appro. |
pFiate companion series 20 the papers of |
Mr.. Waahbarne is found In 3limpses |
az the Dairies Of 0euveEnear Norris"
describing life IN Paris during the Rev |
olution. II. q. Banners Story Of |
Neu York House" continues 70 be pleas |
antly teld. An Important article--in-
deed the most Important in the number |
-is that on "OuF Naval Policy" By /
Professor J. Il. Soley. Following % |
soon the article recently writtsa By /
Captain Greene on "Our Defenseless
Coasts" Il viii kesp alive interests In |
suhieot that cannot reoeive too earnest |
attention. A writer who makes his |
nrst bow 70 magazine readers is Mr.. |
Duncan Campbell Hoott, wh0 IL oon-
nected With the Canadian Department
Of Indian A6aiFs, and who writes Q
story called The Duchafmes Of the
Baskatonee." Brandsr MatthsWs an-
alyxss the merits Of n. Ooqaelin. and
Tbomas Sergeant Perry closes tbe num-
Der With q short critical paper on kus
sian N0vels." Short poems hy Charles
II. LADDERS, Charles Z. Markham and
- a.. -nna